The main issue in undergoing a green construction projects in Asia heavily lies on the architects as they tend to focus only on the buildings’ aesthetics instead of the environmental value or green principles. This can be tackled by providing a proper education through training and seminar that emphasize the importance of green certification of a building.

Benny Chow is the Director of Sustainability at Aedas Hong Kong.

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Aedas is a leading international design practice which offers services in architecture, interior design, master planning, landscape, urban design and building consultancy within Asia, the Middle East, Europe and the Americas. They commit to their core value of design excellence and are dedicated to research & development and sustainability.